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Topics in Philosophy |
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TOPICS IN PHIL |
| CLASS CODE: |
PHIL 497R |
CREDITS:
3
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| DIVISION: |
LANGUAGE & LETTERS |
| DEPARTMENT: |
HUMANITIES & PHILOSOPHY |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: |
This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. |
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| CATALOG DESCRIPTION: |
Periods, figures, or topics in philosophy. May be repeated for credit. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Intensive study of a philosophical period, figure, or topic through close readings of primary and secondary texts. Includes a major research and writing project.
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| TOPICS: |
Sample topics: Medieval philosophy, the Presocratics, Plato, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Existentialism, philosophy of law, philosophy of mind, virtue ethics, philosophical logic, space and time.
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| OBJECTIVES: |
The purpose of this course is two-fold: First, to help students to develop a deeper and more thorough understanding of a period, figure, movement, or topic in philosophy than is possible in more general courses. Second, to give students the confidence and the tools to carryout such study and research on their own.
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| REQUIREMENTS: |
Extensive reading, research, and writing |
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| OTHER: |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: |
August 2001 |
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